| 1)
                            {
                                sXML += " rowspan=\"" + SpanR[iR, iC] + "\"";
                            }
                            if (SpanC[iR, iC] > 1)
                            {
                                sXML += " colspan=\"" + SpanC[iR, iC] + "\"";
                                offset += SpanC[iR, iC] - 1;
                            }
                            else if (Wcol[iC] > 0)
                            {
                                sXML += " width=\"" + Wcol[iC] + "\"";
                                Wcol[iC] = Wcol[iC] * -1;
                            }
                            string textalign = "";
                            string ha;
                            switch (myCell.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment)
                            {
                                case LBWdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphCenter:
                                    textalign += "Center";
                                    ha = "\\qc";
                                    break;
                                case LBWdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphRight:
                                    textalign += "Right";
                                    ha = "\\qr";
                                    break;
                                default:
                                    textalign += "Left";
                                    ha = "\\ql";
                                    break;
                            }
                            switch (myCell.VerticalAlignment)
                            {
                                case LBWdCellVerticalAlignment.wdCellAlignVerticalBottom:
                                    textalign += "Bottom";
                                    break;
                                case LBWdCellVerticalAlignment.wdCellAlignVerticalCenter:
                                    textalign += "Center";
                                    break;
                                case default(LBWdCellVerticalAlignment):
                                    textalign += "Top";
                                    break;
                            }
                            sXML += " textalign=\"" + textalign + "\"";
                            sXML += ">";
                            // select text from current cell
                            _WordApp.Selection.Start = myCell.Range.Start;
                            _WordApp.Selection.SelectCell();
                            _WordApp.Selection.End = _WordApp.Selection.End - 1;
                            if (_WordApp.Selection.End > _WordApp.Selection.Start)
                            {
                                // capture formatted text
                                StepRTB rtbStep = new StepRTB();
                                _WordApp.Selection.Copy();
                                rtbStep.Paste();
                                rtbStep.SelectAll();
                                Console.WriteLine("RTF before {0}", rtbStep.Rtf);
                                Console.WriteLine("RTF after {0}", rtbStep.Rtf);
                                // rtbStep.Rtf.Replace("\\f1 P\\f0 ", "\\u10004?"); // check mark within parenthesis
                                string strp = rtbStep.Rtf.Replace("\\par\r\n", "!!!");
                                strp = DisplayText.StaticStripRtfCommands(strp, true);
                                Console.WriteLine("RTF clean {0}", strp);
                                strp = strp.Remove(strp.LastIndexOf("!!!"));
                                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                                sb.Append(strp);
                                sb.Replace("!!!", "\\par");
                                // clean up special characters
                                {
                                    sb.Replace("\x1D", "-");// Hyphen
                                    sb.Replace("\x1E", "-");// Hyphen
                                    sb.Replace("\x2013", "-");// Hyphen
                                    sb.Replace("\xa0", " ");// Space
                                    sb.Replace("\x0b", " ");// Space Soft Return
                                    sb.Replace("\x201C", "\"");// Space
                                    sb.Replace("\x201D", "\"");// Space
                                    sb.Replace("\x09INITIAL", "");// Space
                                    sb.Replace("\x09_____", ""); // Tab Signoff
                                    //sb.Replace("(P)", "(\\u10004?)"); // check mark within parenthesis
                                    //sb.Replace("\\u9633?", "□"); //box
                                }
                                // save resulting text in xml structure
                                sXML += " ";
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                sXML += "";
                            }
                        }
                        if (iR >= 0)
                        {
                            // at least one row hase been written so close the last row
                            sXML += "" + ha + sb + " |